French Soccer Star Posts Photo In Blackface On Instagram—And The Backlash Was Swift

If you're thinking about wearing a costume to a costume party, and you're wondering whether or not it's offensive, there are a short list of questions you should ask yourself before donning the outfit.

At the top of the list should be, "Is the costume blackface?" If the answer is "yes," then you should never, ever wear the costume. It's that simple.

Apparently French soccer player Antoine Griezmann never got that memo, because he thought the best way to dress up as a Harlem Globetrotters basketball player would be to go in blackface, complete with a faux afro.

Some found it difficult to believe that Griezmann didn't have anyone in his corner to let him know the costume was a very, very bad idea. While others couldn't believe that there were actually people on the internet trying to defend Griezmann's get-up.

Irony: the free speech advocates on Twitter defending Griezmann’s use of blackface are demanding people find it funny.

Hard to believe people are defending someone dressing in blackface in 2017. If it doesn’t offend you maybe try to understand that it offends a lot of people. Very simple. Not a smart move by Griezmann.

What's especially troubling about Griezmann's blunder is that he plays for an already huge soccer club and has allegedly been in talks to be transferred to mega teams like Barcelona and Chelsea. Not only that: but he's loved by a lot of fans.

I doubt Antoine Griezmann is a racist I think he’s just really ignorant though.